I don’t think humanity is going to continue to agree to what is government approved torturing of people who have already undergone trauma. I don’t think humanity wants to be inhumane. So eventually those people who have altered states of consciousness and unusual sensory experiences won’t be subjected to a forced psychiatric regime, by the fearful public, who if they were better would never approve of such things as ECT and forced drugging.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Australian politicians who want to stop psychiatric abuse

I have
narrowed this search down to my electorate, Melbourne Ports, this includes all
the Senate candidates for Victoria, but only the House of Reps for Melbourne
Ports, for the Sept 2013 election.

That said,
I am aware that the Socialist
Alliance has this written on their website, ‘The Socialist Alliance will
guarantee patients' control by legislating the right of access to all
information required for informed consent; the right to appoint a legal
guardian of a patient's choice; the right to choose or refuse medical
treatment; the right to choose contraception appropriate to the patient and
abortion as required. Hospitals to be forced to admit their surgical,
pharmacological and other nosocomial mistakes as a matter of due process.’

This sounds promising, but they are
not running in either Senate for Victoria, or House of Reps in Melbourne Ports.
They are, however, running in other electorates.

These are the replies I got
for my electorate in regards to stopping psychiatric abuse:

'Hi
Initially,

Thanks and
this was brought to my attention prior to last (2010) election. We are most
definitely against such forced treatments. I seem to recall we put out a media
release against it at the time. My own Solicitor had been involved in legal
cases, representing those forced to undergo such treatment against their will.

Please do
your best to spread the word and get our vote up.

It will be
simple for voting the Liberal Democrats into the Senate for NSW; we drew number
1 on the ballot paper!

The WLP is a party of transparency,
accountability and justice. We are against
unnecessary interference with the liberty of the subject. This would
include unwarranted intrusions into peoples' health on spurious scientific
grounds. While we do not have a specific platform on forced drugging and
electro-shock, rest assured that the senators, once elected, will ensure that
whole sectors of society, including psychiatric practice, will come up for
scrutiny and exposure, as it arises.

Senator Online believe as I do that the community has a
right to have their voice heard in the Senate. For too long we have heard
Politicians from both sides of the divide, tell us what they think is
best for the Community. A vote for SOL will give the voice to the people.
Should the majority of the community agree with any particular issue, then they
will be supported by SOL.

We are not a traditional political organisation with
policies that are influenced by party politics, or by vocal minorities, or
subject to doing "deals". We are about putting the voice of the
majority above special interest groups. We will be the voice of the silent
majority!!

The Party is
proactive.

• SOL
will promote and submit Bills to Parliament as they are supported by a clear
majority of the public.

• You
will be able to cast a vote and influence Bills in Parliament directly through
the Senator Online Website or App.

• SOL
will provide balanced information and the pros and cons on each Bill. You will
have clear awareness of what is going on in Parliament, enabling you to engage
and act.

• In the
future, you will be able to collaboratively create and vote on Bills with other
members of the public through a "wiki".

SOL MPs and Senators will submit Bills that
are supported by the clear majority of their constituency.

• We
stand for giving the public a clear voice on each and every Bill and important
issue, putting "democratic" back in democracy and making the
deliberations universally accessible. We believe in providing people with the
opportunity to have their voice heard on every Bill and issue that is being
debated in Parliament.

• Equally
importantly, we stand for the power of informed debate. By using the unmatched
"enabler" of information — the internet — we seek to prompt informed
debate on the issues that are important to the majority of Australians.

Our policies will be determined by the clear majority view of
Australians. In the future, you will be able to collaboratively develop
and vote on Bills with other members of the public through a "wiki".

SOL is best described as a directional party, that will aid our government.

PROTECTING THE VULNERABLE

Whether in
prison, immigration detention or psychiatric facilities, people held in detention
are particularly powerless and vulnerable. The Greens believe that all
detainees have a right to be treated humanely and with dignity.

The Optional
Protocol to the Convention against Torture (OPCAT) is an international
agreement designed to protect people in detention from cruel, inhuman or
degrading treatment or punishment. It ensures that these facilities can be
independently monitored and inspected. We will commit $15 million over the next
four years to ratify the convention and protect the vulnerable in detention.

Janet Rice

Victorian Greens
Lead Senate Candidate

As you
probably know, Greens Senator Richard Di Natale is a medical doctor and has
been responsible for many important initiatives - re preventative health,
problem gambling, junk food.

I am not
aware of any specific actions re abuse, but in general the Greens work and
policies on mental health issues is very strong and supportive, standing up for
more funding and some important specific initiatives.

Those
against psychiatric torture regimes comprise of at least 5% of the vote. This
could be a major win for a party or independant. Those who are ignorant and
could be made aware of this major abuse of human-rights, comprise of more than 20% of the vote.

Psychiatric
survivors, activists, compassionate individuals, those diagnosed and incarcerated
in hospitals for no crime… our voice needs to be heard, recognised, validated
and the horror of psychiatric abuse needs to stop. We have the United
Nations backing us. Why do Australian political parties that have policies
regarding human-rights claim such ignorance of what happens on their doorstep?
of what can happen to anyone who goes through trauma, crisis who doesn’t get
enough support and validation for their suffering?

Psychiatric
abuse needs to stop. I want parties who will back us, who advertise this policy
to stop psychiatric abuse properly. I want politicians who are loud and clear
that they will stop force-drugging, electro-shock and other invasive
procedures. It will be a major win for whoever does this. Whoever goes into
hospitals and lets those being tortured by psychiatrists know that they should
vote, because their party is going to stop the horror of psychiatric abuse.

I
am surprised so many Australians still believe that biological psychiatry, is
the social-psychiatry of Hollywood movies. No, psychiatrists rarely talk or
listen to patients, they mandate, brainwash and forcefully drug and
electrocute. They forcefully inject and electrocute those grieving the loss of their loved-ones,
with major tranquilisers, that cause brain-damage and other disabling. It is
not okay to do this to asylum seekers, Greens, hint, hint... I want clarity on
that, that you will not send psychiatrists to forcefully drug refugees, like
you have promised to do. They are people who have obviously been through trauma
and adversity, they are detained and suffering, they are in crisis, they need
to talk with people would are empathetic, who listen and enable them to have
courage to live, who are trustworthy professionals that will help anchor their
crisis in some sort of consensual reality, that allows for diversity. People
that will give them hope and ways to cope, so they don't despair and wonder what reality actually is. They are people who really don't need their minds policed by psychiatrists, who will forcefully torture them with drugs and electro-shock, then demand that they agree that they are 'mentally ill' and need to take the 'recommended dose of meds' that is harming them unendurably. That's what psychiatrists do, they don't listen, they experiment and police diversity, unless they specifically state that they are social-psychiatry, that they do psychoanalysis and only prescribe drugs when a patient really wants that. Understand that pollies!Attorney-General's Department: Stop psychiatric abuse and gain an apology for it ever having occurred

2 comments:

Summary, so far, how to vote, to stop psychiatric abuse: (if they’re in your electorate)

Socialist Alliance (In their policy page they want to stop psychiatric abuse.)Richard Grummet, Australian Democrats (said they will specifically in letter to me, stop psychiatric abuse and institute successful Scandinavian techniques ie Open Dialogue.) Peter Whelan, Liberal Democrat party (said they will specifically in letter to me, that they have been legally active in stopping psychiatric abuse. Nothing specific on website yet.)Joseph Toscano, UN2 (Human-rights values, no specifics on stopping psychiatric abuse.)Binoy Kampmark, WLP (Human-rights values, no specifics on stopping psychiatric abuse, but assurance that they will stop it when elected. Nothing specific on website about stopping psychiatric abuse.)Lloyd Taylor, SOL (allows for people to post and via for policy changes once electedBob Nicholls ? (Seems supportive, but I’m not sure if he actually wants to stop psychiatric abuse.)Pirate Party ?Greens ? (Have human rights values, but still haven’t clarified the matter in their policy that says they’ll send psychiatrists to refugees in detention. Do they mean social-psychiatrists, or do they mean the average kind of psychiatrist that will forcefully drug and give electro-shock torture regimes???? They haven’t answered this. I have written to a number of their candidates in my electorate as well as their Health Minister.)